Troubled Waters
An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure
Lambdin, Dewey
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BOOK SUMMARY
Stunning naval adventure, reeking of powder and mayhem. I wish I had written this series.
---Bernard Cornwell
BOOK SYNOPSIS
The fourteenth tale in Dewey Lambdins classic naval adventure series
Spring of 1800, and Captain Alan Lewrie, fresh from victory in the South Atlantic, is reckoned a hero on a par with Nelson in all the papers. Back in England, hes fitting out his new frigate, HMS Savage, the fruits of that victory, the largest and best-armed frigate hes ever commanded. But you cant leave Lewrie ashore too long without trouble arising.
A Jamaica court has tried him in absentia and sentenced him to hang for the theft of a dozen Black slaves to man his old ship, HMS Proteus. A crime, or was it liberation, as his London barrister argues? The vengeful slaveowner, Hugh Beauman, has come to London to seek Lewries end . . . with or without the majesty of the Law!
Then theres the matter of those anonymous letters sent to his wife, Caroline, portraying him as a faithless rakehell and serving up the most florid lies . . . along with some unfortunately florid truths. Lewrie appeals to the retired Foreign Office spy, Zachariah Twigg, to smoak out the hand that guides the poison pen, even while wondering why Twigg seems so eager to help his legal case, of a sudden. Is the devious old devil ready to sacrifice him for some motive of his own?
A fortunate legal ruling, which only delays the matter of Lewries utter ruin, leaves him free to take Savage to sea upon the Kings business, to join the close blockade of the Gironde River in Souwest France, and plug the threat of enemy warships, privateers, and neutrals smuggling goods in and out of Bordeaux. It could be a dull and plodding dreariness, but . . . a bored Captain Alan Lewrie, safe in his post for the moment, can be a dangerous fellow to his countrys foes. If only to relieve the tedium!
BOOK REVIEWS
Praise for Dewey Lambdin and the Alan Lewrie series
You could get addicted to this series. Easily.
---The New York Times Book Review
The brilliantly stylish American master of salty-tongued British naval tales.
---Kirkus Reviews
The best naval adventure series since C. S. Forester.
---Library Journal
Lewrie is a marvelous creation, resourceful and bold.
---James L. Nelson, author of the Revolution at Sea Saga
[A] rousing series of nautical adventures."
---Booklist
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312348053
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312348052
Dewey Decimal: 813/.54
Library of Congress: 2007038594
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 307
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